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Thinking About Retiring Early? 8 Things to Consider First

Carson Wealth

Tom Fridrich, JD, CLU, ChFC ® , Senior Wealth Planner We’ve all asked ourselves whether it’s too early to retire (usually after a particularly challenging commute or dealing with a difficult client). But even if you feel confident today, would it be reasonable to retire early? How Early Is Early?

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10 Most Useful Personal Finance Ratios And How To Apply Them

Clever Girl Finance

The term personal finance ratios might be giving you flashbacks to math class. In mathematical terms, a ratio is essentially a way to compare two numbers to each other. Since personal finance is all about numbers, that can come in handy in many ways! Your monthly savings ratio would be $500/$2,500 = 20% savings rate.

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60/40 Is Dead! Long Live 60/40!

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

My experience is that the typical retired person/couple expects growth in exchange for some volatility from the equity portion of their portfolio, they don't want it from their fixed income sleeve. The above is why I've taken to referring to bonds as sources of unreliable volatility. Some called the lowest yields "return free risk."

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Exchange Traded.Income?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

A quick excerpt from a post a couple of weeks ago about retirement misconceptions. I would much rather withdraw 10% or more per year from my retirement accounts and do it without taking any principal. Part of the math that determines options premiums is the risk free rate of return from T-bills.

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Finally, a Stock Market Crash!

Mr. Money Mustache

Even Mr. Money Mustache, as a person who retired 17 years ago, is still in this boat for the simple reason that my retirement income from dividends and hobby businesses is still greater than my annual living expenses (which still hover around $20,000 per year). 3) Okay, but I really am retired and trying to live off my investments now.

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14 Most Useful Personal Finance Ratios And How To Apply Them

Clever Girl Finance

The term personal finance ratios might give you flashbacks to math class, learning various formulas, equations, and ratios. In mathematical terms, a ratio is essentially a way to compare two numbers. Since finance is all about numbers, that can come in handy in many ways especially when making financial calculations!

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15 Financial Advisor Website Calculators

Midstream Marketing

They spend hours writing articles and finally hit that “Submit” button… only to not get anywhere near the number of leads that they thought they would. Income annuities are a great way to provide people with the confidence they need to know that they will have a guaranteed amount of income during their retirement years.